Those telling you to watch out for this young fellow were smugly mouthing 'told you' less than a year later as the boy from Clontarf burst on to the international scene with a blistering Six Nations hat-trick against France.
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Mandzukic departed for Mario Gomez and the Germany striker netted a hat-trick inside six minutes to put an emphatic gloss on the result.
There was still 25 minutes remaining at that point, and Sunderland must have feared the worst, but Fulop denied Anelka a hat-trick from six yards out and Joe Cole hit the post with a header to give the away goal some respite.
Just six days before he scored a thrilling hat-trick for the reserve team in a 3-3 draw against Newcastle at St James' Park.
Match-winner Villa, who would have become Spain's record World Cup goalscorer with six goals if he had completed his hat-trick from the penalty spot, appeared more upbeat than his manager.
After they had both fallen in the final onslaught, Dimitri Mascarenhas hit Hitchcock's hat-trick ball for six over third man and England went on to top their Auckland total by nine runs.
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Although he ambles around Whitechapel in his brown hat and green jacket with a six-shooter strapped to his waist, it was the mustache (he would never grow one for himself), and Warlow's larger-than-life concept of Jackson, that made things come alive for Rothenberg.
And the Bulls ran in six more after the break, Nero completing his hat-trick.
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Super League's top try scorer Yeaman then looked to have won it when he completed the fifth hat-trick of his Hull FC career six minutes from time.
So it must have felt like a hat-trick of sorts when Iwelumo pounced again six minutes into the second half.
There was still time for semi-final hat-trick hero Louis Anderson to dive over for try number six and put the seal on shattered Leeds' embarrassment.
Dwayne Smith proved he was not fazed by the hat-trick ball and hammered it over long-off for six, but in the next over he gave a simple return catch to Watson.
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"I'm wearing a very different hat, " says Garlinghouse, who still sits on the boards of six companies.
What followed was one of the most memorable Milan derbies in recent years, as Inter ran out 4-2 winners with Diego Milito scoring a hat trick, the first person do so in this fixture in almost six decades.
Ronnie Rosenthal joined Liverpool from Belgium's Standard Liege in March 1990 and made an instant impact, scoringscored a hat-trick on his first start before adding four more in the final six games to help the club secure the title.
Manu had one effort chalked off before Yeaman crossed to complete his hat-trick, Tickle's kick putting Hull back in front at 24-22 with just six minutes left.
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